I've started a new chemo about a month ago and I we are waiting to see if it will work. So far it has been okay, but it makes me extremely tired. So, I am sleeping a lot.
The biggest issue going on right now is pain in my chest/lungs. At first it was only on my left side, which we attributed to the tumors in my lungs causing inflammation. But about a week ago, the pain moved to the right side too and has been excruciating. I'm on pain medication, but the pain is still nearly unbearable. This is certainly no way to live.
On Friday I had a PET Scan to see if we could locate a cause of the pain. I just heard back from my oncologist and he thinks that they have identified the cause--I have a couple of small tumors in my breast bone. He said that this would explain the pain and the movement of the pain into the right side. I am glad that a likely cause of the pain has been identified, because it means that we can treat it. The treatment will be with radiation. I am going to call my radiation oncologist tomorrow morning and will hopefully get that ball rolling ASAP. Radiation was pretty painful and not at all pleasant the last time, so I am not looking forward to the treatment, but I am excited that there may be relief from the pain. I leave for vacation in 24 days, so hopefully most of this can be resolved by then!
I will start my third cycle of the new chemo next Thursday. At some point, probably after my trip, we will rescan and see if the tumors are responding to the chemo. I can't really think about that right now. I just need to wait and hope for the best.
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